Stop Smoking Facilitator: Sponsorship Available

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The Specialist Stop Smoking Service is seeking to recruit a Stop Smoking Facilitator to work within our service.

We have an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to work within the Team, providing behavioural change advice and facilitate voucher prescribing treatment to smokers. As a key staff member the successful candidate will be passionate about improving health outcomes for the residents . This includes raising the profile of, and facilitating access to stop smoking provision in key settings and improving referral pathways into stop smoking provision.

Although previous experience of community-based health improvement initiatives would be helpful, training and support will be offered if required.

The successful candidate must be able to work occasional late evenings and some Saturdays.

 

Main duties of the job

The Stop Smoking Facilitator will be required to provide smoking cessation behavioural change advice, support and assessment, and where appropriate facilitate voucher NRT treatment to clients who want to stop smoking. This includes raising the profile of, and facilitating access to stop smoking provision in key settings and improving referral pathways into stop smoking provision.. To provide resources, training and guidance to staff and volunteers offering smoking cessation brief interventions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 or equivalent in health care related subject
  • evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

  • IT qualification (ITQ at level 2 or equivalent)
  • Level 2 smoking cessation training
  • Counselling skills training

Experience

Essential

  • Working in a patient focused environment

Desirable

  • Working in a Health promotion setting

Skills

Essential

  • IT literate

Desirable

  • Data collection and basic reporting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 10 September 2025

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